[m i a o w] the cat

I am trailer bound and working from home. I gave M my credit card at lunchtime and instructed him to hide it, and now can’t leave the trailer until tomorrow when I get paid and therefore have money for petrol. Trapped by my own best intentions.

The Women in Australia report was launched today by Julie Bishop and, after a cursory scan, these are the stats that I thought were interesting. (I wonder if I will be the only person to point out how annoying it is that every full page picture of a woman in this bazillion page report is of someone almost objectionably good looking with American teeth? Gah.)

As at June 2006, women comprised 50.2% of the population.
Women continue to do the majority of housework and child care.
Between the ages of 15 and 64 years, death rates for Indigenous women were at least three times the rate of other Australian women.
Australian women do not eat enough fruit and vegetables, nearly half are overweight or obese and about one-third do not exercise.
In couples where both partners worked full-time, women spent seven hours per week more than men doing housework and household errands.
The most common health risk factor for women was inadequate vegetable consumption, affecting 84% of all women aged 18 years or more and 40% of women had inadequate fruit consumption.
In May 2004, the gender pay gap was 8% for average hourly ordinary full-time earnings.
Between 1996 and 2005, the number of women in apprenticeships and traineeships has increased four fold.
6 out of the top 200 Australian companies had female Chief Executive Officers in 2006.
Domestic violence is the leading contributor to death, disability and illness in Victorian women under the age of 45 years.
28.3% of Commonwealth parliamentarians are women.
Only a small number of women were found to be happy with living in trailer surrounded by faux wood. However, the exceptions to the rule all professed a reliance on cheese, the Internet and a dedication to never being mortgage slaves.